Armagoan Lighthouse - Monapalem - Tourist attraction in Chinnathota - Spsr Nellore, India

We arrived here on a Saturday, there was nobody there. The gates were locked, and no one was around We decided to turn around and head to the beach instead. The beach was surprisingly pristine and not crowded, offering a peaceful atmosphere that was truly enjoyable.

A good weekend getaway place, No specific area earmarked for parking, visiting hours for general public limited to 3pm to 5pm. Allowed to stay only for 10 minutes on top of the light house.

View from light house is nice but location is bit inside and remote, prefer to go in groups.

One of the oldest Light house erected here in 1853 , now in state of art to serve in sea upto 26 nautical miles.Maintained superbly, hatsoff to staff

Monapalem Lighthouse - called as Armagon Lighthouse is pinic spot to visit. Avoid during rainy season

Armeghon, Annngam Village in the Gudur taluk of tripathi District, situated in 13 59' N. and 8odeg 10' E., on the Bay of Bengal. This place is now called as Monapalem, from a neighbouring village with a lighthouse, and sometimes Dugarazu- patnam, from another village where open communication with the sea can be maintained. It is said to be named after one Arumuga Mudaliyar, by whose assistance one of the earliest English settlements on the Coromandel coast, consisting of a factory defended by twelve pieces of cannon, was established in 1625. A lighthouse is maintained at Monapalem in 13 53' N. and 8odeg 8' E., which gives a flash every 20 seconds visible 14 miles away, and warns vessels off the Armagon shoal, 6 miles from shore. The shoal is about 10 miles long, and the shallowest patch on it has if fathoms of water, and lies from 3^ to 5^ miles east-by-north of the lighthouse. The still water inside the shoal is called Blackwood's Harbour, after Sir Henry Blackwood, once admiral on this coast, who had it charted, and suggested that it would make a practicable harbour. Seven miles north of Armagon lighthouse is Dugarazupatnam, a small village of 2,388 inhabitants on the Buck- ingham Canal. Being at the mouth of an entrance to the sea from the backwater in front of which Armagon stands, it was apparently the port of Armagon, and the two places are often spoken of as identical. Near by are the remains of an old fort built by the East India Company.

Very Beautiful, Clean Beach and Lovely Beach

One of the old lighthouse. But people who are coming from Chennai should not take the right from Sularpettu, but rather travel 25 km forward and take right Had to ride almost 7 km in pure mud....